Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Greer) Tarver , Ruth Helen May 28, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Tarver, Ruth Helen     
 
Ruth Helen Tarver 
EVANGELIST-MISSIONARY 

Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all. Proverbs 31:29 
Visitation begins at noon in the Chapel with an hour of meditation to be held 
tonight from 7:00 8:00 p.m., in the Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Chapel for Ruth Helen 
Tarver, who passed away May 28, 2005. A Home Going Celebration for Mother Ruth 
Helen Tarver will be held Friday, June 3, 2005, 11:00 a.m., at Saints Memorial 
Church of God in Christ, 200 Pacheco Rd., Bakersfield. Elder Raymond 
Cunningham, Pastor of Calvary COGIC, Arvin, will officiate. Ruth Helen Greer 
was born on February 12, 1927, in Falcon, Arkansas, to the parentage of 
Roosevelt Greer and Lula Mae (Rodgers) Greer. She was one of two children. 
Ruth attended the local schools in Falcon and Stamps, Arkansas. While in high 
school in Arkansas, during the 9th and 10th grade, she was a straight A 
student, and many times was asked to teach the class. After moving to 
California in 1943, she eventually returned to school and received her High 
School Diploma from Arvin High School in the early 70s, again achieving a 4.0 
scholastic average. On March 12, 1944, she was united in holy matrimony to the 
late Fred Andrew Tarver (who preceded her in death). They were married for 
fifty-six years, and through this union, they were blessed with eleven 
children. Ruth accepted the Lord, Jesus Christ, in 1946, at the age of 
nineteen, and united with Calvary Church of God in Christ in Arvin, 
California, where she remained in the will of the Lord for her entire life. 
During her walk with Christ, she became a Missionary, an Evangelist, and 
served as the Church Mother for Calvary COGIC for more than 20 years. She was 
a devoted servant who worked faithfully both in and outside of the Church, 
serving in many capacities such as a Sunday School Teacher, a Sunshine Band 
Leader, a member of the Usher Board and a member of the Church Board. She 
visited the sick and elderly regularly, spreading the Word through her 
ministry. She loved reading and studying the Bible, and believed that the 
Lords word was her footprint for living a Christian life. She was respected 
and admired as a Woman of God, by her children and all who knew her -- for her 
life was a true and constant role model of Christianity. Mother Tarver was 
deeply loved, and will be missed by her family, friends, and members of 
Calvary Church of God in Christ. She leaves to cherish her love and precious 
memories, her mother, Lula Mae Ford of Arvin, CA; three sons and daughters-in-
law, John and Jean Tarver of Portland, OR; Bernard and Cynthia Tarver of 
Castaic, CA; and Roger and Mearia Tarver of Oxnard, CA; four daughters, Curlie 
Ann Arnold of Tarzana, CA; Frieda Grey, Della Owens, and Patricia and son-in-
law, DeWayne Cheadle, all of Bakersfield, CA; son-in-law, Larry Owens of 
Oxnard, CA; daughter-in-law, Sadie Smiley of Augusta, GA; mother-in-law, 
Idella Walker of Augusta, GA; 34 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 2 
great-great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. 

Jesse E. Cooley Jr., Funeral Service 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/2/2005.  


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